inodorous
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inodorous
From the Latin word inodōrus, dating back to 1660–70. See in- 3, odorous
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It is a comparatively inodorous oil of a yellow colour, having a specific gravity varying from 0.912 to 0.920.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
These are small, very regular, and inodorous plants.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Shrub 3–8° high; branchlets and stalks bristly; flowers large and deep rose-color, inodorous; pods glandular-hispid.—Varies with less bristly or nearly naked branchlets; also with smaller flowers, etc.—Mts. of Va. to N. C. and Ga. May, June.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Flowers in a short, rather compact, upright raceme, rose-colored and inodorous.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
Metals which appear nearly inodorous, excite a sensation of smell by friction, particularly lead, tin, iron, and copper.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Thomas Garnett
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